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Not getting enough sleep may make you misread emotions on Zoom calls

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Not getting enough sleep may make you misread emotions on Zoom calls

Getting less sleep for five nights in a row can make you view other people’s expressions more negatively, including facial reactions seen over video calls

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Learning whilst you sleep was big business in the Soviet Union

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Extreme hot days and nights to soar by 2100 even in best-case scenario

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Extreme hot days and nights to soar by 2100 even in best-case scenario

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One bad night’s sleep may increase Alzheimer’s protein in your body

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Breathing exercise Pranayama

Health

How to breathe your way to better memory and sleep

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Light therapy device helps improve some symptoms of dementia

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Light therapy device helps improve some symptoms of dementia

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Chasing the sun: How light and dark shape our bodies and minds

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Chasing the sun: How light and dark shape our bodies and minds

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Rowan Hooper interviews super humans at New Scientist Live

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How to be superhuman: The science behind extraordinary abilities

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Non-stop nightmare: Disturbing show weighs the impact of a 24/7 world

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Oxygenated blood (red) in a sleeping brain

Mind

A type of brainwave may help clean your brain while you sleep

Slow waves of electrical activity through your brain may help rinse away its waste products while you sleep. The process seems to go awry in Alzheimer's disease

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Health

A second mutation that makes people need less sleep has been found

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Health

DNA mutation lets some people live healthily on only 4 hours' sleep

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How much sleep do I need?

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People with narcolepsy may be more creative because of how they sleep

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